The IPL as a business
The IPL, as Lalit Modi imagined, was to be a marriage between Bollywood glitz and cricket - India’s two favourite money-spinners.
The IPL, as Lalit Modi imagined, was to be a marriage between Bollywood glitz and cricket - India’s two favourite money-spinners.
How teams stack up, their strengths and player of the week, and their upcoming schedules
How teams stack up given their results so far, their batting in each phase, and their upcoming schedules
How teams stack up given their results so far, their pace & spin bowling, and their upcoming schedules
Ambati Rayudu was a genius against the spinning ball, a rebel, frequently retired, overlooked, and a winner. With his talent he could’ve been a better cricketer, but few players have ever packed in as much as him.
Is it really too much to ask for one of these teams to make 300? And then for another one to chase it?
How teams stack up given their results so far, their best youngster and veteran, and their upcoming schedules
A long innings in short cricket has a lot of journey
To convince the players in the first place, Kerry Packer used Ian Chappell and Tony Greig to recruit his players. Three decades later, Tony Greig would be involved in another rebel cricket league.
When it comes to the history of the IPL, the young ones will never know why Go Chargers is the greatest song in cricket or what to do with a franchise that changed hands with a fresh paint job.
When Martin Crowe invented Cricket Max, people laughed. But by 2007, things had changed.
Hating on your personal favourite team using algorithms
My best guess for the most likely WTC finalists
All it took for RCB to break their curse was for women's cricket to get a league and for one of the greatest players ever to be on their team and take her career-best figures.
We have entered a truly bizarre part of Test cricket where the opening batters are one of the weirdest things in the sport.
Guest post from Tarutr Malhotra: The Royal Challengers Bangalore should not have won their eliminator against the Mumbai Indians. No team has ever defended a total as low as 135 runs in the Women’s Premier League. MI have only ever failed to win a single match when batting second.
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Day three from Dharamsala
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Day two from Dharamsala
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Day one from Dharamsala
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In the middle of all these titans of the leave, there is a new man who plays a shot at every single damn ball bowled at him.
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The Dreux Cricket Ground, in 2023, drew the attention of ghost-hunters of a different kind.
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England had cricket’s greatest sweeper, and to try and win the match, he brushed his favourite shot aside.
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Notes from day four of the fourth Test in Ranchi
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Notes from day three of the fourth Test at Rajkot
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Notes from day two of the fourth Test at Ranchi
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Notes from day one of the fourth Test at Ranchi
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A phase-wise analysis of the best players in the WPL
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Notes on Day 4 of the 3rd Test at Rajkot
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Notes on Day 3 of the 3rd Test at Rajkot
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Notes on Day 2 of the 3rd Test at Rajkot
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Day 1 of the 3rd Test at Rajkot
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Is Jasprit Bumrah the most complete fast bowler cricket has produced?